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J. G; SEBOLD. IRONING TABLE. No. 603,474;

Patented May 3, 1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

JOHN GEO. SEBOLD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

lRONlNG-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,474, dated May 3, 1898.

Application filed June 10, 1897. Serial No. 640,203. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JOHN GEORGE SEBoLD, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Tables; and I do hereby'declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to ironing-boards.

My object is to provide an ironing-board which will be provided with adjustable legs of improved construction, whereby the board may be supported at any desired height, and particularly to provide a novel connection between one set of legs and the board, so that said legs can be detached to permit of a skirt or petticoat being slipped over the board.

A further object is to provide an ironingboard having improved legs and a novel form of detachable brace for keeping the legs extended when the board is in use.

The invention consists of certain details of construction and novel combinations of parts appearing more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device ready for use; Fig. 2, .a bottom plan view showing the legs folded and the brace secured to the board; Fig. 3, a detail of the detachable connection between one set of legs and the board; Fig. 4, a similar View of the connection for the remaining set of legs, and Fig. a sectional detail View taken through one of the legs and showing the manner of securing the telescopic members thereof.

The numeral 1 designates the ironing-board proper, the same being provided with openings 2 and 3 inits side to receive the hooked ends of the brace when the board is not in use.

The numerals 4.- designate hinge-irons connected to the bottom of the board, and the same are provided with bifurcated heads 5. There are two sets of legs 6 and 7. The set 6 is located at the head of the board and consists of two legs which converge and meet at 8, where they are united in the bifurcated head of the hinge-iron.

The numeral 9 designates a removable pintle which passes through the bifurcated head and the legs, and said pintle is connected to the set of legs by a chain 10, so that it will not become displaced. The legs are provided with a shoulder 11 to limit their spread in relation to the other set. Similar shoulders are provided on the other set of legs, but the latter do not converge, being independently pivoted in the hinge-irons at the foot of the board on the fixed pintles 12. Braces 13 connect the members of each set of legs, and said braces are provided with openings 14.

The numeral 15 designates a removable brace, which has hooked ends 15, adapted for reception in the openings aforesaid, so as to keep the sets of legs spread. When the device is not in use, this brace can be secured to the board by passing its hooked ends into the openings 2 and 3. Each leg is constructed of two parts, one of which is tubular, as shown at 16, and the other cylindrical (shown at 17) and which telescopes in the hollow section. It will be seen that the cylindrical section has a flattened portion 18. A clamping-screw 19,threaded through the hollow section, is adapted to bite on this fiat portion and thus secure the same and prevent turning and telescoping further with the hollow section. Each cylindrical section has spread feet 20.

When the device is to be used, the legs are extended and the removable brace made to engage with the braces of said legs. The device is then ready for use. If it should become necessary to raise or lower the ironing-board, this can be readily accomplished by adjusting the legs to make them longer or shorter, as the case may be. If it becomes necessary to iron a skirt, p'etticoat, or other garment which has to be slipped over the.

ironing-board, the removable pintle is taken out, whereupon the head of the board can be raised and the garment slipped over the same. The pintle then can be replaced. When the board is no longer needed, the brace can be removed and made to engage with the board and the legs folded. The device will then occupy but little space. I

Having'thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with an ironing-board, of the two sets of tubular, telescopic legs,

10 member secured to the board, and a removable pintle passing through said lug and member.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN GEO. SEBOLD.

lVitnesses:

J OSEPH MURRAY, BENJ. F. BALLIN. 

